Play as Stan Lee in The Amazing Spider-Man Game
Posted by IGN on Mar 01, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Stan Lee has revealed that he’ll be a playable character in Activision’s upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man game.
Speaking at the London Super Comic Convention, Lee told Addict of Fiction that he’ll not only appear in The Amazing Spider-Man, but that players will be able to take control of him.
The Amazing Spider-Man is in development by Beenox, the same studio behind last year’s Spider-Man: Edge of Time and 2010’s Shattered Dimensions. The game will take place in New York...
Nintendo DS Game News: Mass Effect 3 Deals And More In This Week in Game Deals: February 29th to March 3rd
Posted by G4TV on Feb 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
CheapyD at CheapAssGamer.com scours both the online and offline world for the best deals on video games, and to help out your wallets, we’re bringing his weekly recap to you!
Amazon has 1 year of Xbox Live for $35.99, a $10 credit with Mass Effect 3, Soul Calibur V & Saints Row: The Third for $39.99 each and more.
Best Buy offers a $10 gift card with Mass Effect 3 pre-orders to Gamer Club members or a $20 gift card to Unlocked members. Saints Row: The Third and Soul Calibur V...
The Potential of Pokemon Black 2 and White 2
Posted by IGN on Feb 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
When word arrived from overseas that a huge Pokemon announcement was going to be made on the Japanese show Pokemon Smash!, most of us were pretty confident we knew what the news would be. The obvious candidates were the third entry of the Black and White generation (Pokemon Gray, in other words) or the next generation of games – either choice, we presumed, would be presented on Nintendo’s newest handheld, the 3DS. What we got was something entirely unexpected and utterly unprecedented...
The Unsung Innovations of Kid Icarus
Posted by IGN on Feb 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
2011 was a year packed to overflowing with Nintendo anniversaries, as several of the company’s properties and products hit major milestones. Zelda turned 25, as did Metroid. The GameCube hit 10 years, the N64 turned 15 and the SNES marked two full decades since its debut. Yet among all the different birthdays that were celebrated, there was one more that flew in under the radar right before the calendar flipped to 2012 – Kid Icarus.
Pit’s original 8-bit adventure also had its 25th...
Nintendo Discusses Zelda and Outside Developers
Posted by IGN on Feb 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Late last year, Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto commented on partnering more with western developers, similar to (or expanding upon) how Retro Studios was called upon to assist in the development of Mario Kart 7. Miyamoto noted that Retro had also worked on series like Metroid in the past, and that a franchise like Zelda might be a possibility in the future.
We recently had an opportunity to interview Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma about a number of topics related to the series, and asked him what...
Nintendo Turns Down Binding of Isaac on 3DS
Posted by IGN on Feb 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Nintendo has refused to release The Binding of Isaac on the 3DS eShop.
Edmund McMillen, the designer of the game and Super Meat Boy, said on Twitter, “After a long internal debate Nintendo has decided NOT to allow the Binding of Isaac on the 3ds. ”
He went on to clarify why it was blocked by Nintendo in a subsequent tweet: “As many assumed the reasons were due to the games “questionable religious content”. Thank GOD Steam exists!”
He went on to praise Valve’s...
The Great Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 Debate
Posted by IGN on Feb 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Day in and day out you hear a lot from the IGN Nintendo team. Now we want to hear from you. This is a regular feature where we ask you questions based on recent Nintendo events or games, and ask you to blog your thoughts. The best responses will get posted later in the week. Who knows, maybe we’ll start offering prizes one of these days. Read on for more!
Pikachu and his friends are causing a bit of a fuss in the Nintendo community. Earlier this week, Nintendo and Pokemon Company International...
Nintendo Voice Chat: PokeMania!
Posted by IGN on Feb 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Welcome back to another mind melting edition of Nintendo Voice Chat! It’s been a busy few days for the Nintendo team, but Rich and I just had to take a few moments to podcast about all the big happenings of late. Are you ready? Are you excited?! Then let’s get this show on the road!
Today we discuss the big Pokemon news that broke over the weekend. Black and White are getting sequels?! DS sequels? Craziness! And The Last Story’s coming to North America! WHOA! We also take a few...
Kid Icarus Uprising Launching with Tournament
Posted by IGN on Feb 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
In celebration of the fast-approaching launch of Kid Icarus Uprising for the 3DS, Nintendo of America is hosting a series of multiplayer tournaments beginning March 8. These will culminate in a national championship event in New York on March 22.
Which Pit will prevail?The bracket-style tournaments will include regional competition at select GameStop locations in the following cities:
-San Francisco, CA (March
-Orlando, FL (March 11)
-Los Angeles, CA (March 15)
-New York, NY (March 22)
Three...
How Mario Party 9 Kicked My Ass
Posted by IGN on Feb 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Yesterday morning IGN editor Audrey Drake and I met up with two Nintendo representatives for a demo of Mario Party 9. It’s been nearly five years since Mario Party 8, and from what I played it seems the latest iteration of the franchise sticks to its trademark mix of skill and luck – neither of which I displayed during the ensuing game. Here is a play-by-play account of my first go with Mario Party 9.
10:15 a.m.: One of the representatives asks if we’ve played previous Mario Party...
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